It’s colourful, chaotic and the culinary capital of Asia. Hong Kong offers the fanatical foodie a bewildering choice of cuisines. Following on from her previous post on Hong Kong’s food culture, Chantal Martineau gets to the heart of the former colony’s dining scene. “Hong … Continue reading

If you love food, you’ll almost definitely love Hong Kong. Dim Sum, Hot Pot, Sichuan, Cantonese and other regional Chinese cuisines are ubiquitous but Indian, Japanese, Southeast Asian and Western dishes of the very highest quality can also be found in abundance. Do Me A … Continue reading

Following on from our NYC: Hot Summer Cool Spots guide, we have a look at the season’s best outdoor events and activities. After all if you’ve travelled to the Apple, you might want to actually see and do stuff. And while it may not be … Continue reading

Last week our ash-disrupted press trip to New York finally took place, and we were able to whisk our winning blogger away to the Big Apple. We’ll get to read James’ unique take on the city very soon, but in the meantime carry on reading … Continue reading

Action can come in all guises when you travel: you might want to photograph a horse race, a waterfall, a speeding tuk tuk or even the running of the bulls in Pamplona. How you decide to do this can make or break your image. Stylistically, … Continue reading

Following on from yesterday’s post introducing us to the beauty of California’s national parks, writer and California expert Mike Gerrard today shares his tips for getting the most out of all the variety on offer. “California’s national parks are far too vast and too varied … Continue reading

It’s July and summer is finally here. There’s no better time to get out into the Great Outdoors, and where’s the greatest, most glorious great outdoors of all? It has to be California: a bold claim, but one that we stand behind. There are simply … Continue reading

Hot time, Summer in the City! With a heatwave descending on New York City, things are getting sticky. As we’re all aware, urban summers can be the most uncomfortable kind but luckily the Big Apple is more than well equipped for cooling outdoor activity, … Continue reading